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Droakir In reply to MaureensArtz [2014-06-12 15:27:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it!

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Droakir In reply to shaina773 [2014-01-10 16:23:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it!

The perfect roundness is one of those wonderful things you can only get when painting digitally. It makes for a really cool effect.

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shaina773 In reply to Droakir [2014-01-10 16:47:28 +0000 UTC]

C: I love it!

I agree its kinda neat, I think I have an idea of how you did this C: ita really cool! And super pretty!! Ah yeah!

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Droakir In reply to shaina773 [2014-01-10 17:00:58 +0000 UTC]

If your thought was masking, you'd be partially correct.

It's been a couple years since I painted this, so let me see if I can remember the steps...

I first created a new layer. Then with the selection tool I selected a circular area. Then I filled it with  a base color. I deselected, and then locked transparency. With that, I was able to paint the details of the orb without fear of ruining the perfect circle shape.

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StudioTinidril In reply to Droakir [2014-05-03 20:49:44 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh, I did not know what "lock transparency" did! I know it probably seems perfectly intuitive to someone used to using many different graphics programs, but I had just not come across this yet. Very good to know And this image is really cool!

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Droakir In reply to StudioTinidril [2014-05-17 15:50:08 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Locking transparency was one of those things I didn't know about myself until just a few years ago. I've found it to be invaluable. When I have a specific region I want to color, I select it, fill it with some sort of base color, and then lock transparency. That way, I can color/paint inside the masked region, and I know I will never go outside the original area.

I'm glad you liked the image! I had a lot of fun illustrating it!

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shaina773 In reply to Droakir [2014-01-10 23:37:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I was thinking clipping masks C: 

Oh really? :3

Ahh yeah that makes sense! Actually I was thinking something pretty much exactly like that too! Its so gorgeous though, I can't believe I didn't notice it before XD 

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Droakir In reply to shaina773 [2014-01-11 00:05:23 +0000 UTC]

You wouldn't know unless you were looking for it specifically, I think. Clipping mask would be the way to do it in Photoshop. ArtRage doesn't support clipping masks, however, so I had to come up with that little workaround.

I'm glad you like it!

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shaina773 In reply to Droakir [2014-01-11 00:09:02 +0000 UTC]

C: Yeah

But ah yeah photohsop and also paint tool sai have clipping masks C: I use sai more often then photoshop, but I like both! But ohh I see, thats pretty cool!  

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Droakir In reply to shaina773 [2014-01-13 19:14:08 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. As long as you can achieve the effect in either program, the result should be pretty much the same.

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shaina773 In reply to Droakir [2014-01-14 04:08:55 +0000 UTC]

For sure! Ah thanks! C:

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Droakir In reply to BluebottleFlyer [2013-12-30 08:20:25 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you think so!

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Droakir In reply to DJcroc2016 [2013-12-23 21:49:54 +0000 UTC]

It be dangerous for sure.

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Droakir In reply to Miss-Melis [2013-12-22 07:55:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm glad you like how it turned out.

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Droakir In reply to DRD-1812 [2013-12-20 01:52:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I really had a lot of fun with this one, especially playing with all of the reflected and refracted light.

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